‘Why Are Democrats So Sensitive?’: Doocy Presses KJP On Kamala Harris’ Handling Of Border Crisis

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy pressed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Vice President Kamala Harris’ handling of the border crisis Thursday.

Doocy read through a card being handed out to House Democrats that contained talking points about Harris and her role in handling the border crisis. President Joe Biden appointed Harris on March 24, 2021 to address the influx of immigrants coming from the Northern Triangle countries and Mexico.

“So, the first one says Vice President Harris was never appointed border czar. There has never been such a position, it doesn’t exist. Why are Democrats so sensitive about the vice president and the border?” Doocy asked.

“Why are Republicans so sensitive about actually not owning up to them getting in the way of a border deal? Why?” Jean-Pierre said. “Why won’t they own up to that? Why won’t they add up to the last president told them not to move forward? It was a bipartisan deal, just right there, available to them, and they voted twice against it. Twice against it. Why are they so sensitive in actually moving forward and actually dealing on an issue that most Americans care about is dealing with what’s going on at the border.”

Jean-Pierre referred to the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which intended shut down the border if the week-long average of illegal entries exceeded 5,000 persons a day. Senate Republicans blocked the legislation on February 7, while House Republicans vowed